Working Title: Architect Associate

Job: 3019915

Location: Remote

Salary Range: $6,500.00 - $9,500.00 monthly

Full/Part: Full-time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Closing Date: October 12, 2021

Do you have a strong passion to change the world? If so, this may be your opportunity. The State of North Dakota’s purpose is to Empower People, Improve Lives, and Inspire Success. North Dakota’s Information Technology organization asks itself “How might we deliver world class technology and service?” North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) is seeking a candidate that as the same passion to Empower People, Improve Lives, Inspire Success, and deliver world class technology as an Architect Associate for NDIT. The successful candidate will be a leader who enjoys working with people in a collaborative environment, who can learn quickly in a rapidly changing technology landscape, and who embodies the core values that we follow as public servants for the State of ND: Gratitude, Humility, Curiosity, and Courage.

Summary of Work

As a part of the State of ND’s Enterprise Architecture team, the Architect Associate will focus on the development, execution, and promotion of business architecture strategy and processes. The scope of business architecture includes facilitating business and IT strategy alignment, providing oversight of enterprise product and services capabilities, and aligning IT change and procurements with State standards and architectural direction.

Candidate must have strong interpersonal and customer service skills and must have extensive communication skills needed to motivate, convince, and/or change behavior as well as effectively interpret and communicate highly technical information to non-technical and technical users. Candidate must also be able to perform in a fast-paced, progressive, and challenging team environment and have the ability to build long-lasting, trusting relationships.

Duties and Tasks

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to align business vision and strategy with the implementation of solutions, to ensure business value from technology, and provide a set of techniques that connect business and IT strategy to execution.
• Evaluate and align IT change and procurements with State standards and architectural direction.
• Help develop and manage the enterprise product and services capabilities and support product portfolio management activities.
• Establish, manage, and promote IT standards, policies, and best practices related to the support and operation of technology solutions across the State.
• Participate in short-term and long-term business and information technology planning to ensure support of user needs; provide users with information to develop plans and advise of forthcoming technology; provide alternative uses of technology when feasible to ensure cost effectiveness and/or optimization of resources.
• Strong organizational skills ensuring movement on organizational objectives and key results.
• Ability to work with business and technical people in a collaborative design environment.
• Strong people skills to build relations with customers, vendors, and team members across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science or an information technology related field, and at least five years of current and progressive work experience. Work experience must include recommending, procuring, and implementing information technology solutions. Additional work experience as described may substitute for up to two years of the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Application Procedures/Comments

Please make sure that your resume includes information to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as posted.  Your work history will not be given credit if North Dakota Information Technology cannot determine that you meet the minimum qualifications.

All application material must be received on or before the closing date by 11:59 pm and must include the following documents:

• Resume

North Dakota Information Technology does not offer or provide sponsorships. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

For more information or if you need an accommodation, please contact: Kari Sauer, North Dakota Information Technology: Email: itdjobs@nd.gov phone: (701) 890-5000, fax: (701) 328-3000 or TTY: 1-800-366-6888 or local at (701) 328-3190.

Job Announcement Status can be viewed at: http://www.nd.gov/itd/working-itd

• Learn more about NDIT at: http://www.nd.gov/itd
• Learn more about Employment Benefits at: https://www.omb.nd.gov/team-nd-careers/team-nd-benefits
• Visit North Dakota State government: http://www.nd.gov

Equal Opportunity Employer

The state of North Dakota does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or the provision of services, and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.